Improvement in measuring-faucets



H. L. & J. A BUCKWALTER,

Measuring Faucet.

Patented Oct. 9, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. L. BUGKiVALTEl-t AND J. A. BUCKVVALTER, OF KIMBERTON, .PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEASURING-FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,592, dated October 9, 1866; antcdated September 30, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, H. L. BUCKWALTER and J. A. BUOKWALTER, of Kimberton, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in MeasuringFaucets; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views, seen from opposite directions, of afaucet made according to our invention, the plane of section being seen at m, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a side view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in a new mode of making a measuring-faucet, meant chiefly for sluggish liquids. The liquid is admitted into the faucet by means of a rotary valve or piston, which is set eccentrically in the chamber or cylinder of the faucet, and cuts off the flow from the barrel or other vessel, and drives before it into the mouth of the faucet the liquid which had been permitted to run into the cylinder or chamber. The spindle of the valve carries a fluke set diagonally thereon, which causes the implement to register its own work by means of a cog-wheel whose cogs, being also arranged diagonally, are advanced one by one by the fluke as it passes between them.

A designates the cylinder of the faucet. It is a cylindrical chamber, into which opens at one side an induction-tube, K, having a screwthread out on its periphery, to enable it to be screwed into the bun g-hole of a barrel or cask.

J is a spindle set centrally across the cylinder A, and carrying an eccentric, B, whose width is equal to the width of the cylinder A of the faucet, and whose diameter is such that when surrounded by the loose ring 0, hereinafter described, the periphery of the ring is brought constantly against the inner circumference of the cylinder.

A delivery-nozzle, D, which is closed by a gate, E, extends horizontally from the cylinder A. This nozzle is contracted toward its mouth, but near the cylinder A has a uniform width or diameter. The eccentric B is surrounded by a loose ring, from which an arm, 0, extends a considerable distance into the nozzle D, with whose lower sides itis constantly in contact when the eccentric or valve 13 is revolved in one direction, and with whoseupper side it is in contact when revolved in the opposite direction.

On that side of the cylinder which is toward the induction-pipe K is a groove, N, which eX- tends partly across the path of vibration of the arm 0 of the eccentric ring, and this groove is intersected by an opening in that side of the cylinder which receives a regulating-screw, M, inserted from without. The office of this screw is to close the groove (more or less) completely. When it is screwed in to its farthest limit none of the liquid can pass from one side of the arm 0 to the other side through the groove; but when it is withdrawn more or less the liquid is permitted to pass'behind the arm and so escape, bein forced out of the cylinder by the revolution of the eccentric.

It is evident from the construction here shown that when the eccentric is in. such a position as to allow the fluid to enter the cylinder A, which is when it is in its highest position, as seen in Fig. 2, that the liquid will flow into the cylinder from the pipe K, and will fill the crescent-shaped space between the periphery of the eccentric and the inner circumference of the cylinder, the arm 0, which rests on thelower side of the discharging-nozzle and completely fills the width of the nozzle, acting as a diaphragm between the cylinder and the nozzle. As the eccentric is revolved in the direction of the arrow it gradually closes the mouth of the pipe K, and cuts off the flow of liquid, and drives the liquid already admitted before it upward and then forward, as the said eccentric advances to the position seen in Fig. 1, when the liquid is free to escape into the nozzle D, being forcedinto it out of the cylin= der as the eccentric continues to roll its ring against the sides of the cylinder. When it has reached the position seen in Fig. 2 the cylinder will have been emptied of one charge and will be receiving another below the arm 0. When the regulating-screw is screwed in up to the edge of the arm 0 no liquid can pass down past the arm from above, but when the screw is more or less withdrawn the groove N becomes an open channel, through which more or less of the liquid can pass downward when the charge is beingdriven out of the nozzle. By this means the capacity of discharge of the faucet is increased or diminished, so as to attain the exact measure for which the faucet is to be used.

I is a crank, by which the spindle J is rotated; G is a follower, of circular outline, that fits in the grooves of two keepers, 3 3, which project from the side of the cylinders on either side of the spindle J. The follower has inclined faces 1 and 2, which enable it when turned to tighten the packing that surrounds the spindle and closes the joint where it passes out from the cylinder.

F is a registenwheel, supported on a pin which extends from a bracket on the cylinder.

The register-wheel is free to turn on its pin. It has several cogs, Z, which are all inclined in the same direction, and whose width is the same as the thickness of the wheel, and also two cogs, placed nearly at opposite points thereon, which are about double the width of the cogs I, though they are inclined in thelike direction. It has also a wide space, a, which occurs between one of the cogs l and a broad cog. ()n the spindle J is placed a diagonal fluke, which propels the wheel F by acting on the inclined faces of the cogs I.

When it is desired to use the faucet without regard to measure the register is turned till the wide space is opposite the fluke, when the latter is free to pass the wheel without turning it; but when the cogs l are opposed to the fluke the wheel is turned the space of one cog at each rotation of the spindle-that is to say, for each time the cylinderA is emptied. To measure a half gallon with a faucet of the capacity here represented turn the spindle often enough to make the registerwheel advance in a forward direction from the broad cog through a complete revolution, which will make sixteen revolutions of the spindle, and which will bring the fluke again upon the broad cog. In order to measure one quart, turn the register-wheel backward from the last-mentioned position until the fluke strikes the opposite high cog, and then turn the crank eight times around, when the fluke will reach the broad cog-p and rest on it again.

When the faucet is inserted in a cask in the ordinary way the nozzle will be directed downward. It will be observed that our faucet is air-tight, and that, consequently, it acts as a suction and force pump, the arm 0 being kept in its proper place against the side of the opening in which it lies by the pressure of the liquid. When the apparatus is at rest the crank stands at the highest point, the fluke resting on the broad cog.

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The arrangement of the regulating-screw M, grooves N, eccentric B, and cylinder A, constructed and operating in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

2. The register-wheel with two projecting cogs, m m, and a broad cog, 12, to stop the revolution of the spindle of the faucet, and an open space, a, to allow the spindle to revolve freely when a measurement is not required, substantially as shown.

3. The arrangement, in relation to the foregoing, of thev follower Gr, constructed as described, with the keepers 3 3 of the cylinder A and spindle J, in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

H. L.' BUCKWALTER. J. A. BUOKWALTER.

Witnesses:

P. G. CAREY, E. Peron. 

